Do you kill insects?

[salt-n-light]

Do you do it because it is necessary?
Remember they are creation of God.

I do it because killing pest satisfies me lol

 

[AlexDTX]

so is chicken, should I feel bad for eating chicken too?

Only if it is coated with MSG.

 

[JustRachel]

so is chicken, should I feel bad for eating chicken too?

And cows, pigs, artichokes, etc. We also cut down many trees for houses, etc.

 

[Alien Lotus]

Do you do it because it is necessary?
Remember they are creation of God.

Are you kidding? I save worms who are stranded on the sidewalk after a heavy rain that swamped them out of the ground.

 

[ViaCrucis]

Do you do it because it is necessary?
Remember they are creation of God.

I prefer not to if I don't have to.

I'll kill larger spiders if they are inside my house, I'd prefer not to get bit only to discover it was a hobo or wolf spider later. I leave the garden spiders outside my house alone. If moths get in, I prefer to catch them and let them back outside.

I'll use flypaper to deal with fruitflies or houseflies, simply because I don't want to risk them causing problems later.

But generally I prefer to leave the creepy-crawlies alone if they aren't causing a problem.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ViaCrucis]

....are slugz insects?

Molluscs.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ViaCrucis]

so is chicken, should I feel bad for eating chicken too?

Depends on how the chicken was raised.

I don't feel guilty about eating chicken, but I would prefer chickens be raised in ethical conditions. It's why I try to buy free range when I can.

I think it's important to make a distinction between killing an animal for a specific purpose (protection, for food, etc), and cruelty to animals. Scripture warns against cruelty to God's creatures, as such animal cruelty shouldn't be acceptable to us as Christians. Causing a creature unnecessary harm is horrible.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[AlexDTX]

I don't feel guilty about eating chicken, but I would prefer chickens be raised in ethical conditions. It's why I try to buy free range when I can.

FDA definition of Free Range is a chicken that is allowed to move around a 12" x 12" square. This allows commercial chicken farms to label their product free range. It is not what we think of. We think free range means "freely roaming around a yard or more". So if you want to make sure you are eating truly free range chicken, you have to look into where the company that processed the chickens got them.

 

[JustRachel]

a chicken that is allowed to move around a 12" x 12" square.

That's actually larger than two out of my three bedrooms. Lol.

 

[Blade]

Do you do it because it is necessary?
Remember they are creation of God.

Yes.. life a creation of God. I know we matter more "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?".

Just the more closer I get or He gets everything He does IS life.. it never dies.. Jesus said stop them and even the rocks will cry out. Everything He makes does speak.. is life. So as silly as it may sound.. I say sorry..

 

[RDKirk]

But what did God mean when he told Adam to have dominion before the fall? How do we have dominion according to life and not death? I am still meditating on the topic.

Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. -- Genesis 2

As you read scripture, you may notice that re-naming is the particular right of a sovereign. Scripture shows that those who have total authority over another has the right to re-name whoever he has authority over.

This passage in Genesis 2 shows us that God gave authority over all living things to Adam. Actually, I'd go further to say that I believe Adam's authority extended to all of creation.

I personally believe that Adam could use his authority in the same way Jesus demonstrated--that Adam could speak to them and they would obey.

And further, I believe that the job was a real, necessary job--that God created a universe that needed a creative, guiding hand upon it.

But this authority was not ownership, it was stewardship, and Adam abandoned his stewardship.

 

[AlexDTX]

I personally believe that Adam could use his authority in the same way Jesus demonstrated--that Adam could speak to them and they would obey.

I have the same opinion. In Christ we have the ability to speak life into things. But I think few of us ever really understand and use that authority, whereas we tend to default to the ways of the world instead.

 

[fwGod]

I often carry bugs back outdoors and let them go.

That's really great that you have no problem with doing that. However, I'm not the type of person to pick up a bug.. especially spiders, with hands or with paper to carry it outdoors.

Due to their nature they'd no doubt panic and crawl right up my arm and bite me. Or, I'd panic and think t.h.w.i. and just put it out of my misery.

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Btw. Update. Sometime shortly after I first replied to the OP.. some bug bit me. From the size of the a.o.e. I'd say that it was a spider. Coincidence? I'm not amused.

 

[lismore]

Do you do it because it is necessary?
Remember they are creation of God.

They hate citric acid. Put lemon juice or orange juice on your doorposts and they'll give you a wide berth.